MB6. Los Angeles Times Archives, "Free Agents", published December 9, 2001. Original: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-09-sp-13212-story.html . Short literal fragments from the publication's team-grouped list of remaining free agents; these four happen to intersect the supplied filtered 2001 salary/batting excerpt:
ARIZONA: "Reggie Sanders, of;"
SEATTLE: "Stan Javier, of;"
SAN DIEGO: "Rickey Henderson, of;"
CHICAGO (NL): "Ron Coomer, 1b;"

Each name appears in Lahman's People.csv and must be matched to that player's 2001 row by playerID, not name alone. This was a December 9 snapshot, NOT evidence that any of these players still remained unsigned on December 22, would accept his 2001 salary in 2002, or fit every open fielding position. It is not a census of players released after December 9. Original article copyright Los Angeles Times; these minimal fragments are for source criticism, not a reprint of its list.
